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The Best Reformation Day and All Saints’ Day Books

August 26, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

Reformation Day books for children

Throughout history, the Christian church has honored the lives of saints and martyrs on October 31, All Hallows’ Eve. It is more commonly celebrated as Reformation Day now. Read on for my list of great books to read with your children for All Saints’ Day and Reformation Day! I feel that now, more than ever,…

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Filed Under: Elementary, Holiday, Middle School, Morning Time Tagged With: Elementary students, Living Books, Middle School students, Morning Time, Reading List, Reformation Day

The Best Free Audiobooks on Audible

August 24, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

Did you know that there are free audiobooks on available Audible? All you need is an Amazon account. Here’s a list of some of the best! We LOVE using audiobooks in our homeschool and one of the best things I’ve come across are FREE audiobooks on Audible! Although I don’t think audio should ever replace…

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Filed Under: Audiobooks, Middle School, Mother Culture Tagged With: Audiobooks, Reading List

The Best Living Books for Teaching Art History

August 8, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

Art History books for homeschool

Teaching art history can easily get overshadowed in our homeschool plans. In truth, that is how it has been for me! I am an art lover, yet have struggled to incorporate it into our school days between all the other math and writing going on. But once again, great living books to the rescue! Here…

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Filed Under: Elementary, Middle School, Morning Time Tagged With: Living Books, Morning Time, Reading List

Top 5 Favorite Christian Homemaking Books

August 6, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

Christian homemaking books

Looking for encouragement as you work to make your home a haven? Proverbs tells us that “the wise woman builds her house” (Proverbs 14:1), but what does it look like practically-speaking to build it? There are a variety of books that can help us shape that vision of making a home. Here are my top…

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Filed Under: Mother Culture, Nonfiction Tagged With: Homemaking, Mother Culture, Reading List

What to Read Next: How to Read a Book

July 31, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

how to read a book

I’m excited to start sharing monthly book recommendations with you! What to Read Next will be recommendations geared towards moms and will cover a variety of genres. My thought is to recommend one book that generally fits into the month/season of the year we’re in (think cozy novel for October, organizational book in January, etc.)….

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Simple Homeschool Curriculum Plans for 6th Grade (2024-2025)

July 29, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

spelling you see american spirit

It’s nearly time to begin another school year! Our plans have been a little late in the making, but that’s just fine. Here you’ll find my simple homeschool curriculum plans for 6th grade. I always like to remind myself that a plan is just that: a plan. It is not my master! Plans can change…

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Middle School Tagged With: Curriculum, Middle School students

Morning Time Plans and Booklist for our Homeschool: Fall 2024

July 29, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

who is Jesus

Our Morning Time plans this year are going to be split into 2 groups: one for the older students and one for the younger. The younger ones are elementary age (grades 1 and 3) and the older ones are both middle school (grades 6 and 7). We will be doing Bible, devotionals, art, memory work,…

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Filed Under: Morning Time Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Morning Time, Reading List

Simple Homeschool Curriculum for 3rd Grade (2024-2025)

July 25, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

boy reading book

It’s almost time for another school year to begin! Here is the homeschool curriculum that we plan to use for 3rd Grade this year. In our homeschool, I try to keep everyone’s individual daily work to just the basics: reading, writing, and math. I feel that, when you are homeschooling multiple children, keeping their individual…

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Elementary Tagged With: Curriculum, Elementary students, Homeschool

Simple Homeschool Curriculum for 1st Grade (2024-2025)

July 25, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

spelling you see

It’s almost the beginning of another school year, so it’s time to share our homeschool curriculum plans for 1st Grade! In our homeschool, I try to keep everyone’s individual daily work to just the basics: reading, writing, and math. I feel that, when you are homeschooling multiple children, keeping their individual work to a minimum…

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Filed Under: Curriculum, Elementary Tagged With: Elementary students, Homeschool

Living Books for Science & Nature Study

July 19, 2024 by Lettie Leave a Comment

living books for science and nature study

Unless you’re a science nerd, the thought of teaching science in your homeschool can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be! Science is so much more than dissecting frogs and crafting exploding volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar (although your kids will love doing those things too!). The history of science…

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Filed Under: Elementary, Middle School Tagged With: Charlotte Mason, Elementary students, Living Books, Middle School students, Reading List

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The Bookwise Mom is a place for moms to find the best books for their homeschool and be inspired as she cultivates her heart and mind through her own reading life. I hope you’ll find encouragement here as you dig deeper into the world of books and pursue your own education through great reading alongside your children.

My husband, Michael, and I are 2nd-generation homeschoolers and have 6 children (all boys!) ranging from 7th grade down to toddlers.

Looking back at my own experience as a homeschooler, I found that it wasn’t through expensive curriculum that I learned the most. My real education came from reading really great books. And I’ve found this to be true for my kids as well!

I know how tempting all of the beautiful curriculum is. Don’t get me wrong, I still love using formal lesson plans for our homeschool! But what I always come back to is that a really solid education comes when your child truly cares about what he is learning. And most of the time, this happens when they are given a feast of wonderful living books and great classic literature.

It also happens when we, as moms, are actively invested in our own reading lives! Nothing, in my opinion, is more contagious than sharing a love of books and reading alongside our children.

I hope that your visit here will encourage and motivate you as you seek out new reading for yourself as well as for your children!

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